'This is a day of shame': Rishi Sunak gives 'whole-hearted and unequivocal' apology to victims of infected blood scandal, saying more than 30,000 people were 'failed in the most harrowing way' - amid fears there could be thousands more victims
21-05-2024 03:50 via dailymail.co.uk

'This is a day of shame': Rishi Sunak gives 'whole-hearted and unequivocal' apology to victims of infected blood scandal, saying more than 30,000 people were 'failed in the most harrowing way' - amid fears there could be thousands more victims

The Prime Minister said it was a 'day of shame to the British state' and promised to pay compensation to the victims after the publication of the findings of the Infected Blood Inquiry today.
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